{"id":62,"date":"2010-08-17T22:07:34","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T21:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faulder.org.uk\/genealogy\/?p=62"},"modified":"2010-08-18T10:42:34","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T09:42:34","slug":"the-origin-of-the-faulder-surname","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faulder.org.uk\/genealogy\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"The Origin of the Faulder Surname"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Suggestion that &#8220;Faulder&#8221; is a corruption of &#8220;Folder&#8221;, one associated with (Sheep) Folds.<\/li>\n<li>However, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) suggests that the  modern word &#8220;Fold&#8221; (as in &#8220;A pen or enclosure for domestic animals, esp.  sheep&#8221;) is derived from the Old English &#8220;Fald&#8221; &#8211; this would suggest  that it is the &#8220;Fold&#8221; spelling which is the corruption.<\/li>\n<li>The OED entry for &#8220;Fauld&#8221; also gives the following examples (amongst others):\n<ul>\n<li>1788 BURNS <em>My Hoggie ii<\/em>, <cite>The lee-lang night we watch&#8217;d the fauld, Me and my faithfu&#8217; doggie.<\/cite><\/li>\n<li>c1470 Henry the Minstrel, <em>The actis and deidis of the illustere and vail\u00dfeand campioun Schir William Wallace v. 177<\/em> <cite>Twa scheipe thai tuk besid thaim of a fauld.<\/cite><\/li>\n<li>1802 R. ANDERSON <em>Cumberland ballads 49<\/em> <cite>Auld Marget in the fauld she sits.<\/cite><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Scottish Tour guide, Sandy Stevenson, <a title=\"open page in new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fife.50megs.com\/scottish-placenames-field-names.htm\" target=\"_blank\">notes<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/utility\/willcreatenewwindow.gif\" alt=\"open new window\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a> that &#8220;fauld&#8221; is an alternative Scots word for &#8220;field&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Also within Scottish phonology, it is noted that &#8220;auld&#8221; often  reduces to the modern &#8220;old&#8221; &#8211; again supporting the argument that &#8220;Fold&#8221;  is a corruption of &#8220;Fauld&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>An alternative derivation of the surname is that it is derived  from a maker of &#8220;faulds&#8221;. A &#8220;Fauld&#8221; is the piece of articulated armour  that straps onto the bottom of the breastplate.  It usually consists of  two or four flared pieces called lames. (<a title=\"open 'By the Sword' page in new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bytheswordinc.com\/acatalog\/images\/dc-509.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Example (bytheswordinc.com)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/utility\/willcreatenewwindow.gif\" alt=\"open new window\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suggestion that &#8220;Faulder&#8221; is a corruption of &#8220;Folder&#8221;, one associated with (Sheep) Folds. 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